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A. & M. RUNSTETLER.

CORN PLANTER.

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ANDREW RUNSTETLER AND MICHAEL RUNSTETLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE FARMERS FRIEND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

-coRN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 261,048, dated July 11, 1882.

Application filed March 14, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ANDREW RUNSTETLER and MICHAEL RUNsTETLER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Dayton,in the countyof Montgomery and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in 1o check-row corn-planters; and it consists in a rocking lever pivoted to the runner-frame between the seed-boxes and below the bar which rotates the seed-droppers for imparting motion from the driving to the seed-dropping mechr 5 anism. v

The. invention also consists iu the combination, with the reciprocating bar of a cornplanter, of a rocking lever pivoted to the runner-frame below said bar and made adjustazo ble radially to the line of its axis.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a corn-planter having a drill attachment, of a pitman connecting the driving mechanism with the seed-dropping mechanism arranged for automatically disconnecting the seed mechanism when the runners are raised.

The invention also consists, in the combination, in a corn-planter having a drill attachment, of a pivoted lever under control of an 3o operator anda pitman connecting the driving mechanism with the seed-droppin g mechanism, said lever serving to disconnect the drill mechanism from the seed-droppin g mechanism.

The invention also consists in thc combination, with a reciprocating bar, of a rocking lever pivoted to the runner-frame below the reciprocating bar, adapted to operate as a handlever when the pitman is disengaged.

4o Other features of our invention will be fully explained in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a corn-planter embodying our improvements. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on line a; Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the arm on the seat-standard for automatically tripping the lever connecting with the dropping devices-to release the driving mechanism from connection with the dropping mechanism. Fig. 4is an enlarged transverse section on line y y, Fig.

form of connecting the transverse drivin g-pitman with the driving-gear to increase or decrease the speed ot' the pitman and regulate the operation ot' the seed-dropping devices. Fig. 7 is a broken sectional elevation, showing a hand-lever device for driving the dropper mechanism.

A represents the ground driving-wheels; B, the riding-frame mounted thereon.

C C represent the runner-frame.

D represents a sprocket-wheel driven by the wim-iam.. d)

D represents a sprocket-Wheel journaled on a bracket, d, mounted on the runner-frame C. A F represents a bevel-gear mounted on the opposite end of the shaft on Whichis mounted the sprocket-wheel D.

F represents a bevel-gear meshing with gear F. It is preferablyjournaled upon thc bracket d', which maybe made integral with bracket d.

G represents a crank-pin on the disk ot' the driving-gear F.

E represents a pitman journaled at one end upon the crank-pin G. It is detachably connected with the wrist-pin I at or near its opposite end. This detachable connection ofthe pitman is preferably accomplished by a semicircular journal, t', formed on the pitman H, as shown in Fig. 4. The crank-pin G, instead of being rigidly secured on the rim of gearwheel F', may be secured radially adjustable in a slot, f, made in the body of said gear- Wheel F', as shown in Fig. 6, to regulate the operation of the dropping mechanism.

K K representacrank-lever, preferably pivoted to the transverse bars Cz of the runnerframe C. K represents the adjustable port-ion of the crank-shaft K. It is bolted to the part K through the slot l, which allows its vertical adjustment to regulate the throw ot' the crank-pin I and the length of the stroke of the reciprocating bar M, which bar operates the dropping mechanism.

b represents a pin projecting from the lever K and resting in the fork e, which is attached to the reciprocating bar M. The lever K and bar M may be attached in any manner which will allow the bar M to move in straight lines and the lever K, which moves in the arc of a circle, to reciprocate the bar M. This crankbar K is adapted for the attachment of a handlever to operate the machine as a hand checkrower, the pitman H being detached or removed; or the barK maybe increased in length and ahandleformed on its upperend,as shown in Fig. 7. It is also adapted to be attached to an automatic check-rowin g device, and as such is an important feature of our invention.

N represents a footlcver pivoted to the runner-frame C by bolt c, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Its rear end is located in convenient reachv of the foot of the operator occupying seat P.

a represents forks or pins upon the front end of foot-lever N, which project up each side of pitman H and act as guides to preventlateral movement ofthe pitman when it is raised to detach it from wrist-pin I. The construction and arrangement ot the pitman and foot-lever are such that the operator can readily detach the pitmanfrom the wrist-pin I and stop the dropping ot the seed.

In order to automatically stop the operation of dropping seed when the runner-frame is elevated, we provide a lug, O, preferably attached to the seat-standard O', so that when the operator elevates runner-frame C the rear cnd of foot-lever N will strike the lug O and `be depressed, thereby detachin g the front end of pitman H from its engagement with crankpin I. This is an important feature, as the raising of the runner-frame by the foot of the ers readily convertible into automatic and hand check-row planters by quick and easy attachment ot the devices which operate the reciprocating bar which drives the seed-dropping mechanism, and this is readily accomplished by means ot' our improved crank-arm K and K', in the manner above described.

The weight ofthe pitman is su Eticient tokeep it in engagement with the crank-pin I, and when it is elevated while the driving mechanism is in lnotion the drive-pins a. allow it to reciprocate with the end free of engagement with the crank-pin, and allow it to automatically resume its engagement with crank-pin I when the pitman is lowered by lever N.

The dropping mechanism can be readily stopped-and started by the simple raising of the lever N.

We claim- 1. In a check-row corn-planter, the rocking lever K, pivoted to the runner-frame below the bar M and between the seed-boxes, for imparting motion from the driving to the seed-dropping mechanism, substantially as herein described.

2. In combination with the reciprocating bar of a corn-planter, the rocking lever K, pivoted to the runner-frame below the reciprocating bar and made adjustable radially to the line of its axis, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the reciprocating bar with the rocking lever pivoted upon the runnerV frame below said bar with a pitman connected with the driving mechanism, substantially as described.

4:. The combination, with a corn -planter having a drill attachment, ofa pitman connecting the driving mechanism with the seed-dropping mechanism, arranged for automatically 4disconnecting the seed-dropping mechanism when the runners are raised, substantially as described.

5. The combination,in a corn-planter having a drill attachment, of a pivoted lever under control ot1 an operator and a pitman counecting the driving mechanism with the seeddropping mechanism, said lever servingto disconnect the driving mechanism from the seeddropping mechanism.

6. In combination with the pitman H and lever N, the lug O, attached to the mainframe of theplanter, fordisengaging the pitman when the runners are raised, substantially as herein set forth. f

7. In combination with the reciprocating bar M, the rocking lever K, pivoted to the runnerframe below the reciprocating bar, and adapted to operate as a hand-lever when the pitman H is disengaged, substantially as herein setforth. v In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW RUNSTETLER.

[L s] MICHAEL RUNSTETLER.

lL. s] Witnesses:

HARRY Hoovnn PRUGH,

WARREN MUNGER.

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